JOHN BIRKS GILLESPIE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)

Synonyms:

Dizzy Gillespie; Gillespie; John Birks Gillespie

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

cornetist; trumpeter (a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet)

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